Thursday, June 28, 2012

Our DNA test was never done, says Abu Jundal's mother

Our DNA test was never done, says Abu Jundal's mother


Our DNA test was never done, says Abu Jundal's mother

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:36 AM PDT

Amid reports that Saudi Arabia deported 26/11 handler Abu Jundal after being convinced of his identity through a DNA test, his mother today claimed that their samples were never collected to match wit...


ISI destroyed 26/11 control room in Karachi after Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi's arrest, Abu Hamza tells investigators

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:33 AM PDT

Abu Jundal aka Abu Hamza, the alleged 26/11 handler now being interrogated in Indian custody, is said to be the highest-ranked Indian in the deadly Lashkar-e-Taiba group. More details are now emerging...


Woman absconds after killing her 4-year-old daughter

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:32 AM PDT

A woman allegedly killed her four-year-old daughter in Raghuji Nagar in eastern part of Nagpur on Thursday morning, police said. Sheela Bake, allegedly attacked her daughter Vaishali with a sharp weap...

Anti-Narendra Modi posters show him with Bollywood villainesses

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:28 AM PDT

In Gujarat, new posters critical of Mr Modi have appeared in Rajkot, 200 kilometres from the state capital of Gandhinagar. The Gujarat chief minister is lampooned - his face has been morphed with that...


Illegal mining: Goa to review all files cleared in 10 years

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:19 AM PDT

In an effort to weed out illegal mining activity, Goa government is reviewing all files cleared by the State Mines and Geology Department over a decade. Mines and Geology department director Prasanna...


Odisha Class 10th result 2012 posted on Facebook 12 hours before declaration

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:06 AM PDT

The results of Odisha's Class 10 board examinations were posted on social networking site Facebook 12 hours ahead of their declaration, an official said on Thursday. The state's Board of Secondary Edu...


Flash flood in Manipur, thousands affected

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:57 AM PDT

A flash flood triggered by incessant rains for the past several days has caused havoc in lives of thousands of villagers, inundated several villages and washed away 40 houses in Jiribam sub-division o...


Surjeet Singh freed from Pakistan, but Sarabjit waits in prison

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:40 AM PDT

Surjeet Singh freed from Pakistan: Surjeet Singh crossed the Wagah border between Pakistan and India today, and reunited with his family after 31 years spent in a Lahore prison. As dhols or the tradi...


Kerala minister vows to quit smoking on mother turning 80

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:39 AM PDT

Kerala Labour Minister Shibu Baby John has decided to give up cigarettes, his "companion" for the past 32 years, as a birthday gift for his mother who turns 80 on Sunday. The 49-year-old second time l...

President Polls: Pranab, Sangma file nomination papers

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:38 AM PDT

A few hours after a smiling Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA's candidate, filed his nomination papers for the post of the 13th President of India today, Purno Sangma officially made it a contest by filing hi...


CBI officer handling Jagan's case complains of harassment

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:30 AM PDT

For the first time, CBI joint director V.V. Laxminarayana in Hyderabad, is revealing the sort of pressure he's facing as he investigates cases against the rich and the powerful in the South, including...


President polls: First Pranab Mukherjee, then PA Sangma file papers - Top 10 facts

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:06 AM PDT

It's now officially Pranab Mukherjee versus PA Sangma for president of India. The former has filed his nomination papers, surrounded by the A-list of his party, Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, as well as the ...


Pranab Mukherjee files nomination for President polls, seeks blessings - heavenly & political

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee files nomination for President: Pranab Mukherjee, the UPA's candidate for President polls, has filed his nomination papers. Seated next to Mr Mukherjee as he signed his nomination pap...


Top BJP leaders to be present during PA Sangma's nomination

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:41 AM PDT

Making its intentions clear in backing its presidential candidate PA Sangma all the way, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to put up a show of strength today when the former Lok Sabha Speak...


20 killed in Assam flood, over 2.5 lakh people affected

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:00 AM PDT

Assam's flood scene has worsened with at least 10 more people washed away, as many feared drowned and thousands rendered homeless across the state, where world's biggest inhabited river island Majuli ...

Serial killer allegedly set corpses on fire in forest

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:48 PM PDT

Investigations into the murder of Borivli-based jeweller Nitin Dhakan have led cops to stumble upon a serial killer. While a third victim has been discovered, grieving relatives believe that many more...


Central Railways has taken no lessons from Mantralaya fire

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:29 PM PDT

Despite government offices across the city pulling up their socks after the inferno that resulted in the death of 5 people at Mantralaya last week, it seems that Central Railway officials have still n...


For designers of Tata Emo, no glitz, but plenty of promise

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:14 PM PDT

During a week when journalists queued for 10-minute test drives of the Tesla Model S electric sedan in Fremont, Calif., this reporter enjoyed a stint in another new E.V., albeit one with decidedly les...

Two Air India pilots on hunger strike

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:57 PM PDT

Two striking Air India pilots were in serious state on Wednesday as their physical condition worsened on the fourth day of their indefinite fast demanding withdrawal of sacking orders against 101 pilo...

Lankan Navy should stop harassing fishermen: Jayalalithaa to PM

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Observing that Indian fishermen hailing from Tamil Nadu have been "traditionally fishing" in contentious Katchatheevu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ask Colo...

Joint Russia-India missile to be ready by 2017

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:49 PM PDT

The first prototype of the hypersonic BrahMos 2 cruise missile being jointly developed by Russia and India will be ready for flight testing in 2017, an official said. Russia and India have recently ag...

Fishermen chased by Sri Lankan navy? Jayalalithaa writes to PM

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:48 PM PDT

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on yet another incident of harassment of fishermen from her state by the Sri Lankan navy.

Indian MPs go to Yale for leadership training

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:32 PM PDT

Eleven Indian parliamentarians from seven national and regional parties are in Washington for interactions with senior US government officials and thought leaders as part of a leadership programme the...


Home Ministry transfers 5 IAS officers from Delhi

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and Delhi government over the issue of shifting officials out of capital, Union Home Ministry, on Wednesday, ordered transfer of five senior IAS officers att...


Indian boy drowns in swimming pool in Dubai

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:45 PM PDT

A nine-year-old Indian boy drowned in a swimming pool in Dubai during his classmate's birthday party, leaving his friends and family in shock. Bonie Joseph Jr was playing with his classmates and other...


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